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FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS DIRECTORY

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Below you will find information on the 2006-07 Whitaker Program Fellows and Scholars. To get a more detailed picture of their projects, click on the grantee's name to see an abstract of the individual project.

Fellows

The eleven Whitaker International Fellows are traveling to five countries to undertake biomedical engineering projects during the 2006-07 academic year. Many of them will return to the U.S. after their projects to complete or begin Ph.D. programs in biomedical engineering.

 


Mr. Richard R. Bouchard, Duke University
Host Country, Institution: The Netherlands, Erasmus MC
Project Title: Supplementing IVUS Elastography with ARFI Elasticity Imaging for Improved Atherosclerotic Plaque Assessment

Mr. Brett C. Byram, Duke University

Host Country, Institution: Denmark, Technical University of Denmark
Project Title: Investigations into synthetic aperture, beam forming, and adaptive imaging for medical ultrasound

Mr. Sean J. Cheng, Johns Hopkins University

Host Country, Institution: United Kingdom, University of Cambridge
Project Title: Design of a Collapsible Descending-Aortic Micropump

Mr. Sean Coyer, Georgia Institute of Technology

Host Country, Institution: Switzerland, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory
Project Title: Subtractive Contact Printing of Fibronectin and EGF in Nanopatterned Cell Adhesion Arrays

Mr. Andrew N. Franklin, University of Pennsylvania

Host Country, Institution: United Kingdom, University College London
Project Title: Course work in Biochemical Engineering to facilitate future research in Tissue Engineering

Ms. Elaine M. Hillenmeyer, Case Western Reserve University

Host Country, Institution: United Kingdom, University of Liverpool
Project Title: Synthetic and Naturally Derived Scaffolds for Ligament Engineering

Mr. Matthew J. Major, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Host Country, Institution: United Kingdom, University of Salford
Project Title: User-Responsive Prosthetic for Lower Extremities

Mr. David A. Nordsletten, University of Minnesota, Institute of Technology

Host Country, Institution: United Kingdom, University of Oxford
Project Title: Cardiac Fluid Mechanics and Fluid-Solid Coupling in the Left Ventricle

Mr. Samuel J. Pickerill, Northwestern University

Host Country, Institution: South Africa, University of Cape Town
Project Title: Diagnosis, treatment, and management of tuberculosis and HIV in South Africa

Mr. Lucas H. Timmins, Texas A&M University

Host Country, Institution: United Kingdom, Queen Mary University of London
Project Title: Arterial Elasticity: Histological and Histochemical Analysis

Ms. Virginia M. Woods, Cornell University

Host Country, Institution: United Kingdom, Imperial College
Project Title: An Implantable Biosensor for the Personalized Management of Epilepsy

 

Scholars

The four Whitaker International Scholars are going to three different countries for one year during which they will pursue post-doctoral research in biomedical engineering.

 


Dr. Alaa A. Ahmed, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Host Country, Institution: United Kingdom, University of Cambridge
Project Title: Modular Decomposition in Human Sensorimotor Learning and Control

Mr. J. Brandon Dixon, Texas A&M University

Host Country, Institution: Switzerland, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
Project Title: Quantification of lipid uptake in mesenteric lymphatics

Dr. Travis J. Klein, University of California, San Diego

Host Country, Institution: Australia, Queensland University of Technology
Project Title: Technological Advancement of Cartilage Tissue Engineering

Mr. Adrian C. Shieh, Rice University

Host Country, Institution: Switzerland, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
Project Title: Lymphatic Response to Tissue Swelling: An In Vitro Model


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